- Treasurer Geoff McAuliffe announced the
club had a profit in 2012 and noted that was primarily because payment for our website wasn't due this
year.

- A donation to the Kenilworth Recreation
Department was approved.

- Michael Goeller gave a brief report
about kenilworthchessclub.org's traffic and our blogs' high ranking.

- Secretary Moldovan declared that he
was too busy to continue being a club officer.

- Don Carrelli was elected President, by a
7-4 vote, over Bob Sherry.

- Joe Renna was re-elected Vice-President,
in a narrow 6-5 tally over Sherry.

- After Sherry and Kernighan declined
nominations. Ian Mangion was elected Secretary, by acclamation.

- Geoff McAuliffe (Treasurer and
Tournament Director) and Michael Goeller (Webmaster) were re-elected to their offices
by acclamation.

- Greg Tomkovich was re-elected (by
acclamation) to another term (2013-15) as Trustee.

- USATE sponsorship in the amount of one
full entry fee ($150?) was approved. Funds will be divided between teams that
contain 4 KCC members and use KCC (or Kenilworth) in
the team name.

- A 5-round Swiss was chosen as the format
for the 2013 Club Championship, by a 7-3 margin over an 8-player Round-Robin.

- The membership then decided, by an
emphatic 10-1 count, that the Championship will not be rated.

- The Club Championship will begin on
January 10 and run thru February 7th. The time control will G/75;d5 (not the
90+5 of previous years.). February 14th will be reserved as a snow date. The
entry fee will remain dues + $10 + $5 anti-forfeit deposit ($30 for most
players).

- Finally, regarding the Garden State
Chess League...

The Kortchnois' players in attendance
chose to play their January match at the KenilworthCommunity Center, not at RutgersUniversity.

The Karpovs' acting Captain (Moldovan)
revealed that the team needed another player for the January 7th match in West Orange.